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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Number of Cases Notified | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford West | Brentford Central | Brentford East | Bedford Park | Chiswick Park | Grove Park | Gunnersbury | Old Chiswick | Turnham Green | Total Cases | |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 49(3) |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 50 |
| Measles | 41 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 107 |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis:-Paralytic | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3(1) |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | 10 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 95 | - | 97 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 11 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | 11 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Tuberculosis: - Respiratory | 19 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 86 |
| Non-Respiratory | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 9 |
Figures in brackets denote number of cases subsequently not confirmed.